Team Nursing

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Team Nursing
Gorgina Kareem
Madonna University
ESL 4230-Research Proposal (D2)

February 6, 2017

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Team Nursing
Research questions:
Informative paper: How could a nurse effect a patients life by working as a team?
Argumentative paper: Is team nursing more effective?
Nursing is a work of heart said one of my instructors at nursing school. Being a nurse could not
be easy, but it is very rewarding. Working as a nurse also means stepping into persons life to make a
change. A nurse has to be strong, independent, caring and thoughtful. Team nursing is a care model that
requires nurses to work together. It also means having the opportunity to be dedicated to work with a
group of compassionate individuals. Working as a part of the team is very effective due to helping each
other towards a common goal. It is important for the nurses to work as a part of the team to ensure all the
gathered information are accurate and the patient is cared for a proper way. Throughout this research
paper, I will share information about how important working as a team could be effective on a patients
and nurses functioning.
I want to become a nurse because I want to make a change just by simply caring. According to
my experience of where I grew up, medical resources were very limited and many people were never able
to receive proper treatment for their ailments, which caused them to get worse. For example, my grandma
passed away because she didnt receive a proper treatment due to the limited amount of medical supplies.
As I grew older, I decided to do something that could benefit other people. Later, I got into a nurse
assistant program, I learned more about nursing and how could I impact patients life. Pursuing a career
as a registered nurse will provide me with the opportunity to help improve my communitys health quality
conditions. I believe that no matter what the situation could be, you can still make a difference.
Throughout my research on nursing I will learn and share more information that will benefit me and the
reader.

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For my informative paper, I chose the research question: How could a nurses effect patients life
by working as a team? As researching throughout the databases, I used the search term team nursing,
which was very helpful to find research articles. Even though I have some experience working as a nurse
assistant with a team of other nurses, I still found a lot of interesting things that other nurses shared based
on their experience. I plan to share some of my nursing experience and how it affected my patients. Also,
I will be sharing researches I discovered and how it correlates with my own experience. I also plan to start
research focusing on nurses working as team and how they affect each other. For example, it is stated in
one of the articles, The effectiveness of team nursing was considered by nurses to be influenced
markedly by 'helping each other. (Cioffi, & Ferguson ,Contemporary Nurse, 2009, p.2). I will also
share a research project of how team nursing could develop effectiveness on learning that enable nursing
teams to do better (Timmerman et al. ,2010). There will be a lot of other interesting things provided to the
readers to discover about team nursing effectiveness.
For my argumentative paper, I chose the research question: Is team nursing more effective? Many
nurses wonder what it would be like if they worked by themselves, while others wonder what the benefits
are when working together as a team. To answer those concerns, I will provide some facts on the benefits
of team nursing, team approach, team effectiveness, responsibility, availability of support and
engagement with the multidisciplinary team (Cioffi, & Ferguson, (2009). To support my side of the issue,
I will share an experimental study on how effectiveness nurses could be working as a team, also share
some of the nurses comments on what they thought working as a team (Fairbrother et al., 2010). I will
show both sides of the issue and support my side which is working as a team.
Finally, nursing is not just a job, but it is also a work of heart. I am very excited to research about
nursing and learn a lot of new things. I am also excited to learn more about team nursing how effective
they are working as a team. It is very important for nurses to work together to ensure that patients are
getting the right treatments. Nurses teaming up makes the job easier and patients care more enhanced.
Being a nurse might take a lot of energy, but it is very rewarding. Due to this research, I will be able to
learn new things and use them to help in the future. In the research I found a lot of interesting things that

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I did not know about before. I will take advantage of all the articles I read to be prepared for my future
goals.

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References
Cioffi, J., & Ferguson, L. (2009). Team nursing in acute care settings: nurses' experiences. Contemporary
Nurse, 33(1), 2+.
Denekens, J., Timmermans, O., Van Linge, R., & Van Petegem, P. (2012). Team learning and innovation
in nursing teams: results of a comprehensive research project. Journal of Nursing Education and
Practice.
Fairbrother, G., Jones, A., & Rivas, K. (2010). Changing model of nursing care from individual patient
allocation to team nursing in the acute inpatient environment. Contemporary Nurse : A Journal
for the Australian Nursing Profession.
Ward, J. (2013, January 14). The Importance of Teamwork in Nursing.

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Running head: TEAM NURSING 1

ESL 4230-Research Proposal (D2)

Argumentative paper: Is team nursing more effective?

and nurses functioning.

readers to discover about team nursing effectiveness.

Nurse, 33(1), 2+.

for the Australian Nursing Profession.

Ward, J. (2013, January 14). The Importance of Teamwork in Nursing.

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